Hitler's elite :
Hitler's elite : the SS 1939-45 /
edited by Chris McNab.
- Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2013.
- 384 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Hitler's Elite' tells the complete story of the SS at individual, unit and organizational levels. Following an explanation of the SS' complex political and social origins, and its growth within the Nazi empire, it goes on to look at both its war record and its wider role in Heinrich Himmler's implementation of Hitler's vision for the Third Reich. As well as providing a combat history of the Waffen-SS from 1939 to 1945, it also explores themes such as ideology, recruitment, foreign SS personnel, training and equipment.
9781782000884 (hbk.) : £30.00 No price No price
Waffen-SS.
Allgemeine-SS.
Warfare and Defence.
Germany--Armed Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.
D757.85
940.541343
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Hitler's Elite' tells the complete story of the SS at individual, unit and organizational levels. Following an explanation of the SS' complex political and social origins, and its growth within the Nazi empire, it goes on to look at both its war record and its wider role in Heinrich Himmler's implementation of Hitler's vision for the Third Reich. As well as providing a combat history of the Waffen-SS from 1939 to 1945, it also explores themes such as ideology, recruitment, foreign SS personnel, training and equipment.
9781782000884 (hbk.) : £30.00 No price No price
Waffen-SS.
Allgemeine-SS.
Warfare and Defence.
Germany--Armed Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.
D757.85
940.541343